298. REINETTE VAN MONS.
Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; inclining to conical in shape. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, but redish-brown, shading off to orange-yellow, where exposed to the sun; the whole strewed with numerous russety dots. Eye, closed, and placed in a small, round basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellow, tender, crisp, rich, and sugary.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from December till April or May.
299. REINETTE VERTE.—Merlet.
- Identification.—[Merlet Abrégé]. [Riv. et Moul. Meth.] 192. [Knoop Pom.] 49, t. 8. [Hort. Soc. Cat.]ed, 3, n. 699.
- Synonymes.—Groene Franse Renette, acc. [Knoop Pom.] 132. Groene Renet, Ibid. t. 8. Grüne Reinette, [Sickler Obstgärt.] iii. 177. [Diel Kernobst.] v. 95.
- Figure.—[Mayer Pom. Franc.] t. xxvi. [Sickler Obstgärt.] iii. t. 10.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two and a quarter high; roundish, considerably flattened at the base, and slightly ribbed at the eye, handsome, and regularly shaped. Skin, thin, smooth and shining, pale green at first, but becoming yellowish-green as it attains maturity, with sometimes a redish tinge, and marked with large grey russety dots and lines of russet. Eye, partially closed, with long acuminate segments, set in a pretty deep and plaited basin. Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a deep and round cavity, lined with russet, which extends in ramifications over the whole of the base. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender and juicy, with a sweet, vinous, and highly aromatic flavor, “partaking of the flavors of the Golden Pippin and Nonpareil”.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from December to May.
The tree is vigorous and healthy, and a good bearer; but does not become of a large size.
300. RHODE ISLAND GREENING.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Coxe View], 129. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 37. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 128.
- Synonymes.—Green Newtown Pippin, [Lind. Guide], 50. Jersey Greening, [Coxe View], 129. Burlington Greening, acc. Coxe.